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PWG Presents "Based On A True Story" on January 13, 2007!

By Silverback, PWG Staff Writer

 

Westmorland, CA - With 2007 fast approaching, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (http://www.prowrestlingguerilla.com) Commissioner Dino Winwood and his staff would like wish everyone a safe New Year's Eve and a happy 2007. Not out of any good will on their behalf, you see, but because if you are killed/kill someone in some alcohol fueled race across the roadways of Southern California, chances are you will be in no condition to check out "Based On A True Story" PWG's first show of the new year taking place on Saturday, January 13 at American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, CA!

 

"Based On A True Story" marks the return of PWG after an extended holiday hiatus, and what better way to ring in the new year than a double main event? Commissioner Winwood has decided that 2007 will be a no nonsense year for the management (mainly himself) and to drive that point home, he has decided upon two matches that will bring two of PWG's biggest rivalries in 2006 to a close.

 

In the first part of the double main event, PWG's longest reigning World Champion Joey Ryan will put his title on the line for one last time against Human Tornado in the most dangerous match PWG has to offer: a Guerrilla Warfare match. It will only be the fifth match of its kind, and it will be the first time for Human Tornado competing in such a match, but it will be Joey Ryan's second, which could give him a distinct advantage. In a Guerrilla Warfare match both men are free to use any means necessary to incapacitate and defeat their opponent, and as fans have seen in the past, a match like this can come down to which competitor is the most creatively deranged, which could be yet another advantage for the PWG World Champion. Joey Ryan has used every possible trick in order to hold on to his title, from simply holding the tights to aggravated criminal assault, there is little that the champion won't do in order to keep his belt.

 

It is a stark contrast to Human Tornado who, with Candice LeRae in his corner, used 2006 as an opportunity to display his growth as a professional wrestler combined with his sheer athleticism, which quickly put him in the title hunt. Now both men are at the end of the line with respect to one another. If Human Tornado loses this match, Commissioner Winwood has decided that Tornado will be unable to challenge Joey Ryan for the PWG World Title for the rest of his reign. If Joey Ryan loses this match, not only will he lose the title belt, but it could also show that Joey's reign was something of a farce, since he could be beaten at his own game. With the playing field leveled, will we see Human Tornado sent down B-Boy's path, forbidden from challenging Joey for the title again, or will the first show of the year see a new champion crowned and the start of a new era in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla?

 

The second part of the double main event features two men battling not over championships or titles, but over pride and respect.

The Dynasty's Scorpio Sky and "The Future" Frankie Kazarian have traveled down a treacherous path to reach this point, and Commissioner Winwood has decided that on January 13 at "Based On A True Story," the feud between these two men will reach its terminus. How can the Commissioner guarantee such a thing? By pitting these two men against one another in a Loser Leaves Town match! It's a match that has occurred only once before in PWG, and that time Frankie Kazarian barely walked away from it. This time, the bad blood is no less intense, but the stakes are even higher. Two and a half years after fighting for his PWG career for the first time, Frankie again fighting for his PWG career, and now for the right to call himself "The Future," it would seem.

 

From his first unprovoked attack on Kazarian, Scorpio Sky has maintained that he is destined for greatness in the world of professional wrestling, but in order to achieve that destiny, he must prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is the true future of this sport. With Jade Chung and The Dynasty by his side, Scorpio Sky has relentlessly pursued Frankie, trying to drive him out of PWG and professional wrestling for good. Now Sky may finally have that chance. Their previous encounters have seen terrific violence, and now with their PWG careers on the line, the decisive battle between these two men could be the bloodiest yet.

 

Also taking place at "Based On A True Story" on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 8:00PM at American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, CA is:

 

PWG World Tag Team Championship Match

Cape Fear (El Generico & Quicksilver) © vs. Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre)

 

-- With two separate chapters in PWG coming to a close at "Based On A True Story," Commissioner Winwood saw it fitting to start writing some new ones. Newly crowned PWG World Tag Team Champions Cape Fear (El Generico & Quicksilver) will make the first title defense of their reign against the returning Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre). During the title reign of Davey Richards and Super Dragon, the champions were able to prove what a destructive force they were by making an example of Los Luchas not once, but twice. Now with months of training and preparation, and most importantly, new champions, Los Luchas feel that they are ready to take the PWG World Tag Titles back to Oxaca with them. However, Cape Fear also tried to unseat the champions multiple times before it actually happened, and now that they finally have the belts in their possession, El Generico and Quicksilver may show that they who want it most may be the toughest champions of all.

 

Number One Contender Match

"Photogenic" Chris Bosh vs. "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen

 

-- Whichever man walks out of the Guerrilla Warfare match with the belt around his waist will already have a challenger waiting in the wings to fight for the title in February, because "Mr. Wrestling" Kevin Steen will take on Joey Ryan's stable-mate "Photogenic" Chris Bosh. While a shot at regaining the PWG World Championship is great for Kevin Steen, a chance at capturing the title for the first time could be the biggest opportunity of Chris Bosh's career. After winning the 2005 Battle of Los Angeles, the PWG World Title eluded Chris Bosh, who ultimately turned his focus back to tag team wrestling. Now with an injury sidelining Scott Lost, Chris Bosh has a chance to not only become the first man to win both the Battle of Los Angeles and the PWG title, but to also be The Dynasty's insurance policy, should Human Tornado be crowned champion.

 

Ronin's Battle to the 2007 Battle of Los Angeles Tour - Teacher vs. Student

Ronin vs. Super Dragon

 

-- The RBTT2007BOLAT began the second that Ronin was eliminated from the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles, but Ronin's determination to defeat the man he considers his teacher began years ago. Now with five consecutive victories over some of the biggest names in independent professional wrestling under his belt and perfecting the "HD-DVD," Ronin now believes he has learned enough for the student to finally become the master. And what a victory it would be, since Super Dragon, master of the Blu-Ray Thunder Bomb, is not only the man who taught Ronin his trade, but he's also the same man who went to the final round of the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles before he was attacked by The Dynasty, not to mention a former PWG World Singles and Tag Team Champion. Super Dragon is known as a man with a surly disposition, but after losing the PWG World Tag Titles on the last show of 2006, Dragon may be looking to take out some of his frustration on the next man he faces, student or not.

 

Southern California Originals Match

"The New Age Punisher" B-Boy vs. Rocky "Azucar" Romero

 

-- When fans think of professional wrestling in Southern California, often times the first thing that comes to mind is PWG. However, before PWG started, SoCal was something of a black hole in the wrestling scene, filled with many talented wrestlers who did not receive that much exposure. Two of those men are B-Boy and Rocky Romero. Both men are products of some of the toughest gyms, garages, and outdoor mid-summer swap meets SoCal has to offer, and both men struggled to draw attention to themselves early in their careers. From that point, their paths diverge, with each man going a very different way than the other. Since then, both men have becomes household names in the independent wrestling community, PWG has come into prominence is Southern California, and both men have proven to be integral parts of the roster from the start. Now that each man has 5+ years of experience behind them, which path will prove superior? Will B-Boy's loss of the PWG World Tag Titles last month reinvigorate him, or will Rocky Romero put a stop to his 3 match slide and show B-Boy that kicks to the face, not just sugar, will make your teeth fall out?

 

Plus Disco Machine, TJ Perkins, Bino Gambino, PWG Commissioner Dino Winwood and more!

 

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's "Based On A True Story" takes place at American Legion Post #308 on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 8:00PM. The American Legion Post #308 is located at 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335. Tickets are $20 each, and will be available at the door. For more information, please visit http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com

 

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Kinda think Sky will want, but I'd rather have Frankie. I don't know what to think about Guerilla Warfare. If Joey wins we could have Bosh vs. Joey for the title in Feb.

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New match added to the card and DVD news!

 

"Based On A True Story" Update, Plus New DVDs!

By Silverback, PWG Staff Writer

 

Toluca Lake, CA - Often times when Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com) releases the lineup for our next show, the last line of the release will be something along the lines of "With Top Gun Talwar, Laird Hamilton, and Mahatma Ghandi, plus more!" But often times, the "plus more" turns out to be PWG Commissioner Dino Winwood and Drunken Larry from the Legion Hall. Sure, the shows are great, but the Commish is starting to feel like the fans aren't taking "plus more" seriously. That's about to change. On Saturday, January 13 at "Based On A True Story," Commissioner Winwood has a very special "plus more" match:

 

Bino Gambino, TJ Perkins, and the debuting Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson will take on the trio of Disco Machine, the returning Nemesis, and perennial fan favorite "Classic" Colt Cabana!

 

Maybe next time, you'll listen to the Commissioner when he says "plus more!"

 

Also, for fans that find themselves with a little extra room on their DVD shelf, have we got an offer for you! Right now on the Merchandise page at http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com fans can pre-order our four latest DVDs (Self-Titled, Horror Business, All Star Weekend IV Nights 1 & 2) for the special price of only $39.99! That's a $20 savings! However, you must act fast, because this deal is for a limited time only! All four DVDs are expected to ship in late January.

 

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's "Based On A True Story" takes place at American Legion Post #308 on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 8:00PM. The American Legion Post #308 is located at 7338 Canby Ave., Reseda, CA 91335. Tickets are $20 each, and will be available at the door. For more information, please visit http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com

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PWG

American Legion Post #308

Reseda, CA

Attendance: 300

 

Frankie Kazarian defeated Scorpio Sky in a Loser Leaves PWG match.

 

Rocky Romero defeated Colt Cabana

 

Disco Machine, Nemesis, & TJ Perkins defeated Karl Anderson, Scott Lost, & Bino Gambino

 

Kevin Steen defeated Chris Bosh to become the Number One Contender to the PWG World Championship

 

Ronin defeated Super Dragon

 

Cape Fear (El Generico & Quicksilver) defeated Los Luchas (Zokre & Phoenix Star) to retain the PWG World Tag Team Championship

 

The Human Tornado defeated Joey Ryan in a Guerrila Warfare match to become the new PWG World Champion

 

 

Show recap courtesy Jay Doring:

 

 

 

Scorpio Sky entered to Three Six Mafia's "It's a Fight" (Mason Dixon's theme from Rocky Balboa -Sky is a well-known fan of the Rocky movies) which really put over the "big fight" atmosphere of the match and got me pretty hyped right away. Sky had new ring gear, which I thought gave away the finish, but boy was I wrong. Bell-to-bell action in this one, with some callbacks to their Battle of Los Angeles match. The match ran through every possible "Sky wins" scenario: 1. Jade Chung interference? Check. 2. Dynasty interference? Check. 3. Chairshot after a ref bump? Check. 4. Sky's finisher? Check. Frankie just KEPT KICKING OUT, and the crowd was getting more and more into it with every nearfall. Finally, after getting humiliated every step of the way through their feud, Frankie pulls away from Jade Chung on an attempted top-rope spot by Sky, hits her with the Wave, crotches Sky and plants him with the Flux Capacitor for the shocking 1-2-3. One of my favorite PWG matches in quite some time.

 

As the results stated, Romero/Cabana was basically another episode of The Colt Cabana Show, focusing on Colt's unique comedy schtick. Rocky was game for that kind of match, reacting well to each of Colt's quasi-improv'ed stuff. Two particularly funny moments were an accidental ref bump to Patrick Hernandez, where Colt offered to pick him up and then pretended to be distracted by a girl in the audience, dropping him (Patrick had done the same thing to Colt earlier in the match) and another was Colt selling a Romero kick to the ribs in the most over-the-top way possible for nearly three minutes, then acting fine whenever the ref and Rocky's back was turned. This had the neat counters you'd expect from a Rocky/Cabana match, and ended when Cabana tried to counter the Ankle Lock with a British reversal, but Rocky reversed to a victory roll for the pinfall.

 

The six-man was really disappointing, mainly because Cabana had to be subbed in to the Romero match due to B-Boy's absence. Colt is really great at holding together these multi-mans (as evident by these 8-man at BOLA this year), something an injured Scott Lost really wasn't capable of doing. I really didn't understand, after Bino got himself over with a nutty promo at the previous show, why neither he nor Karl Anderson (who's main strength is his promos) got any mic time. This match really didn't showcase anyone, and just kinda kept going with no real flow for most of it - the finishing sequence was nice, but having Disco Machine (who's barely a presence on cards anymore) going over clean over a potentially hot new midcard heel pretty much killed all of the momentum Bino built up last show.

 

I actually don't remember a whole lot about Steen/Bosh other than enjoying it - like the last time this "stipulation" was brought up, everyone thought Bosh's "Suck my Cock" match promo was code for a draw. Bosh, as usual, took some pretty sick stuff, such as getting powerbombed into the apron. Bosh kicked out of the Package Piledriver, but two moonsaults and the turbbuckle Steenalizer got the job done.

 

People came into Ronin/Super Dragon expecting a pure slugfest, and what they got was basically a lot of testing each other on the mat and subtly countering each other's stuff, whch might have gone over the highspot-conditioned PWG audience's head. For example, Super Dragon countered Ronin's lift-into-a-forearm with a forearm of his own. There was some hurty stuff in the mat section - Ronin stepped directly on Dragon's head and neck as Dragon was sitting down, and Dragon connected with a brutal-looking doublestomp to Ronin's chest. A lot of the mat stuff WAS pointless though (a longtime criticism of Super Dragon matches), and because it was going so slow the crowd turned on the match pretty badly. Ring announcer TARO announced that "20 minutes were gone, 10 minutes remaining" which is usually the international signal for a time-limit draw. However, Ronin crotched Dragon on the the top rope, and Ronin caught him with a DVD for two. Dragon tried to fight back but got hit with a second DVD, for two. Finally a lariat and a third DVD put SD down. Obviously this is a huge rub for Ronin, but it probably hurts the eventual Super Dragon/Davey Richards blowoff if Ronin can destroy Dragon clean. I'm also worried that Super Dragon doesn't have much left in the tank. He's been "off" since BOLA, but he's been really slow and dazed in the ring, and he's gotten even fatter. He's been a chunky mofo for a few years now, but this was the first time I've seen him where his gut was almost hanging out of his costume.

 

Cape Fear vs. Los Luchas doesn't really need much of a description - it was their usual very good outing together and went more or less exactly as expected. The finish was this: Phoenix Star charges, but gets caught in a headscissors hold by Quicksilver. He's held in place so Generico can Yakuza Kick his face off, and Quicksilver, still holding the headscissors, reverse ranas him, spiking him on his head for the win.

 

Human Tornado vs. Joey Ryan...wow, I don't think ANYONE expected it to be as bloody and violent as the Super Dragon vs. Kevin Steen match, but it came pretty damn close. The match was just kinda moving along as a basic hardcore match, until Joey grabbed a beer bottle that was conveniently placed on the merchandise table and SMASHED it over Tornado's head, shattering it and causing him to bleed huge (I checked the shards though...it was gimmicked sugar glass. Still a great visual.) Joey dominated for a while (including his patented pull out a chair...sit on it and do a chinlock move.) The use of a trashcan backfired on Joey, as he got hung upside down in it for Tornado's Billy Blanks kicks. A top-rope knee drop with Joey in the trash can opened up Joey, so both guys had the "crimson mask." There were a ton of sick spots here, but I'll just list the really notable ones.

 

-Joey bashing Tornado right in the head with the end of a ladder (made a really sick thud noise).

-Canadian Destroyer off the Legion Hall stage through a table on the floor by Human Tornado.

-Candice LeRae (Human Tornado's valet) diving off the top of a ladder to Joey on the floor immediately thereafter.

-Tornado taking a back suplex into a barbed wire board.

 

The finish was amazing...after the suplex into the barbed wire gets two, Joey calls in the Dynasty...who are immediately run off by the babyfaces. Tornado EXPLODES with the POOOOUUUNCE (period), which drives Joey into thumbtacks, followed by a tornado DDT into the tacks and Tornado's finisher on the tacks for the three count, and the building ERUPTS. Great drama, pitch-perfect selling by Tornado and the perfect closer to Joey's 13-month reign as PWG champion.

 

If you're a PWG fan at all, this is a MUST-OWN on DVD, a major chapter in the promotion's history.